I understand the devastating affects of mental illness. I would later myself be diagnosed with depression. I educated myself on the disease. I have a deeper understanding of death and how it can rip apart all that is good.

“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust”. Sun Tzu wrote this passage in his book, ‘The Art of War’. It was published over 2,000 years ago. It was relevant then, it’s relevant now.

F.Scott Fitzgerald once pondered: ‘Nothing is as obnoxious as other peoples luck’. Well ole F.Scott would have gone insane if he was at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday. My obnoxious meter was red-lining!